About Dan's Trust

About Us

Dan’s Story

Dan’s Trust was founded in 2012 after the death of Daniel Bagshaw, 27, from Clitheroe who died on the finish line of an ITU Olympic distance triathlon in Hong Kong, after suffering from a sudden and unexplained arrhythmia. Dan was a cycling enthusiast and an extremely talented and athletic young lawyer.

Dan was committed to ‘Making a Difference’ to young people in the Lancashire area and his legacy lives on in the work and commitment of the team at Dan’s Trust.

What does Dan’s Trust do?

Funding for teens
with talent

We work with clubs, schools and local teams in the Lancashire area, to identify and fund talented teens. Offering funding of up to £1,000, ‘catch-free’, this vital support has already helped many local teens to achieve their potential and take their talent to the next level.

See some of the talented teens
we’ve already funded

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Scientific research into SADS

Dan’s Trust promotes and funds research into the early diagnosis of cardiac risk in the young and the improvement of treatment methods for sudden cardiac arrest. Since the Trust was founded in 2012, we’ve donated a £50,000 grant to Imperial College in London for research into the condition and also developed a scheme to install defibrillators in schools.

WHAT WE’VE FUNDED

Meet some of the teens already benefitting
from Dan’s Trust funding in your area.